Utensil support



Aug. 13, 1935. R. SARGENT 3 UTENSIL SUPPORT Filed July 26} 1955 Ralph M. Sargent,

ATTORVNEY Patented Aug. 13, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE UTENSIL SUPPORT Ralph M. Sargent, Franklin Park, Mass.

Application July 26, 1933, Serial No. 682,330

1 Claim.

My invention relates to cooking utensils, and more particularly to a novel means for supporting a utensil within an opening in a stove top, and it consists in the construction, arrangement and combination herein described and claimed.

It is an object of the invention to provide a novel supporting means of extreme simplicity and one which may be produced by a simple stamping operation and readily secured to a utensil.

It is a still further object of the invention to provide a support which may be incorporated with various cooking utensils as an integral part thereof, which will function in addition to supporting the receptacle within a stove opening, as a means for catching material which may be caused to spill over the edge of the receptacle during boiling, thus avoiding soiling of the stove.

Additional objects, advantages and features of invention will be apparent from the following description considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, wherein,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my invention in use,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view thereof, illustrating the supporting ring in section,

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a double cooker embodying my invention.

Attention is invitedto Figs. 1 and 2 wherein a cooking utensil 30 is illustrated, intermediate the height of which there is provided a bead or rim 30 circumscribing the utensil and to which there is rigidly fixed a supporting ring 3|. The ring 31 has an annular base part 32 centrally apertured to snugly receive the utensil 30 presenting the head or rim within the aperture of the ring. The base 32 is then welded to the utensil, as indicated at 33 and itwill be readily seen that the bead 30' affords an ideal surface to which the ring may be secured, since the aperture in the ring is made so as to fit the curvature of the bead or rim. From the base 32 there is an upstanding flange 34 defining a well circumscribing the utensil, and serves as a means for catching material which may be caused to overflow the edges of the utensil, as would be the case, if the material in the utensil should boil over.

In use, the utensil is positioned within the stove top opening 35 until the base 32 comes to rest upon the annular flange 35 thereof. Thus, as clearly shown in Fig. l, the base of the utensil 30 will be disposed into close proximity to the burner 10 31, thereby insuring thorough and quick heating of the utensil.

Figure 3 illustrates the ring as applied to a well known construction of double boiler. In this instance, the main boiler 38 includes a ring 39 and 1 the secondary boiler 40 has a ring 4| and it will be noted that the rings 394l do not in any way interfere with the use of the boilers independently or in nested relation.

It should be noted that the supporting ring snugly fits within the stove opening, so as to effectively sealthe opening against ingress of air above the fire and to afford a stable seat for the utensil.

While I have shown and described a preferred form of the invention, I do not confine myself to the exact constructions shown and described, and consider as my own all such modifications as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim: 30

As an article of manufacture, a utensil having an offset annular rounded shoulder, a ring member having an opening of lesser diameter than the shoulder, said opening having its periphery shaped to conform to the underside of the shoulder for snug and rigid securement thereto and said ring further having a fat circumscribing portion and an upstanding flange.

RALPH M. SARGENT.

CERTIFICATE (PF CGRRECTiON.

Patent No. 2,010,931. August 13, 1935.

RALPH M. SARGENT.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 1, second column, line 37, the

claim, for "fat" read flat; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that tho same may con Patent Oitice.

Signed and scaled this 8th day of October, A. D. 1935.

form to the record of the case in the Leslie Frazer (Seal) Acting Commissisncr of Patents. 

